A whole three divisions of troops came up, and now only one is fully formed. Zhou Haokuang was bandaged, although he could walk, his arm couldn't move easily for three months.

The two regiment commanders of Guo Pengyun's 13th Division were seriously wounded, and one was on crutches and gritted his teeth on the position to coordinate and direct the soldiers to come and go. The 13th Division is good, the two commanders of Zhou Haokuang's 14th Division were defeated, and the remaining one was carried down and died without knowing whether he was alive or dead.

And Kong Maoxun's 15th Division was no better, and the three regiment commanders below, two were seriously injured, and one was unknown whether he was alive or dead. More than half of the battalion and company commanders were killed and wounded.

The battle was won, but it was won too badly. It was so tragic that even the entire Fifth Army could not bear it. But anyway, it's a win.

"Send a report to the Imperial Capital General Headquarters, we have taken it!!" Bao Xingteng, the commander of the Fifth Army, took a deep breath and suddenly shouted loudly. With his roar, there was finally some cheering on the battlefield.

In the end, it was won, and the Fifth Army took this position with at least two-thirds of the casualties. The losses of the Japanese army are being counted, but the estimates are difficult to calculate.

The Japanese soldiers who were killed in the bunker group, and those who were directly swept to pieces by 14.5mm machine guns, could not be counted at all. However, such results are the most.

This group of Japanese troops was very tough, and even in the end, they did not see any surrender. Bao Xingteng thought that he could catch a few prisoners and ask them how many troops they were garrisoning.

Unfortunately, there were no captives to capture. Basically, they were all wiped out.

"Huh~~~" The soldiers on the position let out bursts of cheers, although this victory was only to take the first line of the Japanese army, but the hardships and efforts of this battle were huge.

And in the cheers. The sappers of the Second Army had also entered the positions and began to help the officers and men of the Fifth Army on the positions repair and dig fortifications.

In the imperial capital, Su Zongzhe was silent in the General Staff of the Wehrmacht holding the telegram sent by the Second Army. As the commander-in-chief, Tu Menghu kept smoking and didn't say a word.

"It's too much loss......" after a long time. Deputy Chief of General Staff You Yong sighed: "Commander-in-Chief, can you fight like this?!" ”

Tu Menghu snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and said, "We don't have a choice." Either they will be killed as soon as possible, or they will most likely face their attack from the southwest, northeast and then to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. ”

You Yong stopped talking, he actually got information about Southeast Asia. The Japanese army has now taken over the whole of Southeast Asia, and their eyes have gradually shifted from Southeast Asia to Thailand, Burma, Vietnam and other places.

There is no doubt that now the Japanese army clearly has the strength to take those areas. Other words. It is likely that they will choose to launch a new campaign from there after taking that part of the area.

The Japanese army in Korea also began to fully arm itself after Japan received resources, and according to the report of the Korean theater of operations, a number of new fighters appeared in the Japanese army. In aerial combat, these fighters were on par with the Tiger Shark Armor.

Of course, the number of these fighters is not very large, only about eighty to a hundred. However, the signal is clear that Japan's industrial capacity is being gradually stimulated by the injection of resources.

And the continuous progress of the war has brought them constantly updated combat capabilities and weapon research and development. For example, this battle in Shanghai. This is evidence.

The Wehrmacht was no longer as easy to capture Japanese positions as they had been in the past. With the use of a large number of fortifications, the Japanese inflicted great losses on the Wehrmacht.

Now that this is the case, then the war will be more and more difficult to fight in the future. As Japan gets more and more resources, it will undoubtedly invest more in R&D and manufacturing.

The pressure on the Defence Force will also increase. Originally, the industrial capacity of the National Defense Forces was more than one grade behind Japan's, and this was the result of Japan's development for decades and its huge investment of manpower and material resources.

And the Wehrmacht has only been developing for less than ten years, and being able to compete with Japan in some aspects is already the greatest advantage that their commander-in-chief has achieved with them.

But even so, the industrial coalition government cannot be compared with Japan.

"Take Shanghai as soon as possible, take Zhejiang as soon as possible!" Tu Menghu looked at the generals in front of him and said, "Old You." This time you go to the front line to help watch. Complete our strategic arrangement as soon as possible, and I must wipe out all the Japanese troops in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions by the middle of this year! ”

"Yes!!" You Yong stood up. Speak loud.

The Wehrmacht General Headquarters was planning how to clear out the Japanese troops entrenched in Shanghai and Zhejiang, and the Fifth Army, after paying heavy casualties, took up positions and began to build fortifications to prepare for entrenchment.

As the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army's Chinese Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hata was not idle at this time, and he began to prepare to ask the base camp for support from the air force.

After the front-line position was breached, Antenliji chose to commit suicide to apologize. Of the more than 60,000 men in the three divisions, only more than 30,000 were evacuated to the second-line positions alive.

Nearly a division of troops was lost in the fortifications of the front-line positions. The total number of people who were withdrawn from there was less than 2,000. The attacking troops suffered heavy losses, and the two wings were directly lost.

The rest are not much better, more or less squadrons and squads have died on the battlefield in batches. If it weren't for Shunroku Hata agreeing to withdraw, Anten felt that maybe the three divisions under his command might all have to fill in the position.

The losses were so great that they did not hold their positions. Someone always needs to be in charge of this. Antenligi chose to apologize for his sins. There is no way, the commander is him. He will have to pay the price.

Itanium chose to take this responsibility on his own. He knew that Shunroku Hata would ask for credit for him. And the base camp will not go to the trouble of a dead man. Although it may not be possible to receive honor after death, at least the family will be treated preferentially. It is enough to know this. Itanium chose to die.

“…… The huge losses of our department were caused by the Air Force Department of the Wehrmacht. Its aviation units used bombing and strafing to prevent the Imperial artillery from supporting the positions. In the absence of artillery assistance, our division and regiment persisted in fighting. Correct. Heavy losses......"

Shunroku Hata sent a report to the base camp in a careful manner, on the one hand, he couldn't say too much about the defeat. But on the other hand, it is also necessary to show that without the support of the air force, it may not be able to hold the position.

The narratives and requests in this are to be done with great care. If the base camp thinks that he may not be able to hold it, then it will definitely not be wasted sending the air team.

If the base camp thinks that he can hold it, then he will not discharge the air fleet in the spirit that he can hold it anyway. It is how to make the base camp feel that without the air team, it will lose a lot and it is likely that it will not be able to hold it.

But with the air force, the intention of holding the position is expressed when the front-line position has been lost and more than one division has been lost, which is a test of ability.

“…… If there is support from the air force, our unit can let go and support the forward position with artillery. And the air threat of the Wehrmacht has plummeted......"

While Hatara Junroku was considering the words, Ren Wenbin, commander of the Sixth Army of the Second Army, was sitting on the artillery box with Bao Xingteng, commander of the Fifth Army, on the position, and drank two sips of wine with peanuts.

"Old Ren. I've been fighting for more than 10 years. This is the most difficult fight......" Bao Xingteng said to his old comrades-in-arms with red eyes: "To be honest, watching those brothers being carried down. I'm in my heart. It hurts like that little knife scraping meat......"

Ren Wenbin sighed, picked up the wine jug and poured wine into Bao Xingteng's cup. "Who doesn't hurt?!" I see that our legion commanders are wiping the corners of their eyes. But there's no way, can we stop fighting this battle?! ”

Bao Xingteng didn't speak, grabbed the wine glass and tilted his head and drained it. Put down your glass. Bao Xingteng still didn't speak.

"Old bag. I know you're not happy. It's easy to get this position down, but you have to go down and fix it. It's not happy for anyone. Ren Wenbin filled Bao Xingteng with wine again: "But if you look at those brothers of the Fifth Army, they have already suffered great losses. What you need now is to trim ......"

"I'll fix the whole **!!" Bao Xingteng suddenly shouted: "My brothers in life and death, I just withdrew the position that I fought with my life?!" What face do I have to meet those fighters lying in the hospital?! ”

Ren Wenbin was silent for a while, and said, "Do you think that filling the entire Fifth Army on this position is worthy of those brothers lying in the hospital?!" ”

Bao Xingteng was silent, how could he not know the current situation of the Fifth Army?! Yan Chenghan asked them to withdraw and repair, also taking into account their current losses.

But emotionally speaking, Bao Xingteng still can't accept such an approach. Nine regimental commanders of the Fifth Army. Here are four lost. There are five remaining minor and serious injuries, how can you ask him Bao Xingteng to withdraw willingly?!

"Don't worry! I don't think this battle was over so quickly. Ren Wenbin looked at his old comrades-in-arms. He said in a deep voice: "You go down to fix it, and you will come up again." ”

"With your Fifth Army's record of winning here, do you think the Commander-in-Chief will let you sit idle?! I think it's just because I'm worried that you'll lose too much to get you down. ”

Bao Xingteng silently picked up the wine bottle on the shell box and poured it directly up.

"Lao Ren, promise me! Don't lose this position......" Bao Xingteng drank up the burning knife in one breath, stood up and said: "This is my brothers in the Fifth Army, and I exchanged my life for ......"

"Don't worry, if this position is lost. That must be me lying here! Ren Wenbin stood up, gave a solemn military salute to Bao Xingteng, and said: "As long as I live, the position is there!" ”

"I'm waiting for you, waiting for you to come and kill the enemy side by side with me!!"

Hamburg Blom, Germany. In the Voss shipyard, a large group of workers are busy working on a battleship.

"Look, this is our big guy! The Japanese used to use it, inflicting heavy blows on the United States. This gave the Führer an inspiration, and the Führer found me. Ask me if I can make the German Navy have such capabilities. ”

German Field Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Erich. Raeder looked at the two subordinates he admired the most and said, "I'll tell the Führer." Yes! We can do it, as long as the Navy has carrier-based aircraft, we can do it. ”

As he spoke, the old man smiled freely: "The Führer told me, then let the Navy have carrier-based aircraft!" ”

Gangse. Admiral Lütjans and Otto. Ernst. Admiral Lindemann couldn't help but laugh when he heard the old man's naughty words. They know that the hardships and twists and turns are not as simple as the old man said.

Goering of the Air Force had always believed that all aircraft should be under the control of his Luftwaffe, because although the Navy had long seen the advantages of carrier-based aircraft, it was unable to build its own aircraft carriers under Goering's hindrance.

The relationship between Goering and the Führer was extraordinary. In many cases, the Führer could only be biased in favor of Goering. The Navy's aircraft carrier program was repeatedly proposed, but repeatedly ran aground.

Finally, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the Führer, who saw the great strategic value of the aircraft carrier, finally beat Goering and began the journey of aircraft carrier construction.

It was supposed to be a shipyard for the construction of large Bimais-class battleships. The resumption of construction of the aircraft carrier began. At the same time, a large amount of resource allocation has also been transferred.

Foreign Minister Ribbentrop was negotiating with the Japanese in exchange for their aircraft carrier blueprints and carrier-based aircraft drawings. Of course, Germany will pay some price for this.

But in the eyes of the results of LinkedIn and the three islands, it is not impossible to give some blueprints of the weapons that the empire now has.

"Ernst, Lütjens recommended you to me." Erich. Raeder stood up, walked over to the two of them, looked at Ernst and said, "He said he trusted you." And consider you the best candidate for the commander of the aircraft carrier. ”

Ernst straightened up and excitedly exclaimed to the admiral: "Yes! Marshal, I have the confidence to command the operation of new warships! ”

"I believe in you too." Erich. Raeder smiled and said, "I'm calling you here today." Just to tell you. I think you're a good fit to be the commander of this new ship. ”

After a pause, Erich. "But what I'm telling you is that we probably won't have much time to test the ship after it sails. The Führer's request is to take down the British Isles by the end of this year. ”

Ernst frowned. It seems too impatient. After all, the gap between the British Navy and the German Navy is still very large. The rotten ship still has three pounds of nails. No matter how bad Britain is, their navy is still very strong.

"I know it's a bit impatient, but I'd rather you know we don't have much time left." Erich. Raeder said to Ernst: "What you have to do is to create our own glory for the German Navy together with Lütjens, who trusts you!" ”

"The Army and Air Force have already shown their value in battle, so this is time for our Navy to show our value." Erich. Raeder looked at the two of them and said solemnly, "Young men, I look forward to your victory for the Empire!" Glory to the Navy!! ”

"Yes! Your Excellency, Marshal! ”

At this time in Berlin, Ribbentrop, as Foreign Minister, was smiling and talking to Hiroshi Oshima, the ambassador to Germany. Bursts of laughter erupted between the two from time to time.

Afterwards, the two went to the Führer's office in Berlin. There, the current head of the German Führer, Adolf. Hitler would receive Hiroshi Oshima.

The military cooperation between Germany and the Japanese army has a long history. For example, Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander of Japan's current Combined Fleet. Although he was extremely opposed to an alliance with Germany, he was very concerned about military-technical cooperation between the two sides.

The Japanese Navy's Type 99 shipboard critter. It was developed based on the HE70 dive bomber technology transferred to Japan by the German company Heinkel.

The famous Zero carrier-based aircraft relied on the aluminum alloy technology transferred from Germany to Japan.

In exchange, of course, Germany did not suffer either. What they got was the full technology of the USS Akagi. Germany used this technology to build the aircraft carrier Count Zeppelin, which is now valued by the Führer.

Of course, now the aircraft carrier is not yet called "Count Zeppelin". It was the custom of the German Navy not to give a real name to a battleship until it had been actually launched.

All they have is a program codename. Now the name of the "Count Zeppelin" is simply the poor shabby "A ship". In order for it to receive the name "Count Zeppelin", it had to wait until it was launched.

"Dear Führer, these are the complete operational records of our Marshal Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Empire, at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor in the United States." In Hitler's office, Hiroshi Oshima pulled out a thick stack of papers.

What is contained inside is the whole process of Yamamoto's 56 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Including training, navigation, operations, and final evacuation, all records are fully documented here.

These are undoubtedly extremely precious gifts for the Germans, who now lack experience in aircraft carrier operations. And in order to get these materials, Hiroshi Oshima took a lot of effort to finally get the consent of the base camp.

"Oshima, you are a good friend of our Germany! Thank you for everything you do for Germany! Hitler was clearly very happy, and this would undoubtedly be of great use to his conquest of the British Isles.

Of course, these Oshima Hiroshi were not given to the Germans for nothing. Germany would provide Japan with the blueprints for Tank IV. Germany's most advanced Tiger tank, on the other hand, is not on offer.

But even the fourth tank, the Japanese were satisfied. Hiroshi Oshima had seen the No. 4 tank in action, and in his opinion it was undoubtedly better than the most advanced Japanese tanks at present.

Hiroshi Oshima, who had not been to the Chinese battlefield, believed that if it was modified according to tank No. 4, it would not be a problem for Japan to get a tank that could defeat the Wehrmacht.

Unfortunately, Hiroshi Oshima did not know that the most advanced Tiger tank in Germany was developed together with the Wehrmacht.

"It is a great honor for Oshima to be able to do what he can for the great Führer and for Germany!" Hiroshi Oshima was obviously very excited and shouted at Hitler.

"Hahaha...... Good! Oshima, I believe that the friendship between Japan and Germany will be incomparably strong! Hitler was clearly excited, and he was eager to immediately pour this information into the minds of the German admirals.

Then, conquer the British Isles! (To be continued.) )